Senate roll call 398 · 47th Congress · May 19, 1882
To amend H.R. 3847 (22-statl.-94), a bill providing for a public building at rochester, n. Y., by providing that notwithstanding the erection of a court house a
On May 19, 1882, the Senate voted 19–29 (HR 3847). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 9–16, Democrats 9–13, Independents 1–0. It was a bipartisan vote: majorities of both parties voted no. 18 members voted against their own party.
During the 47th Congress (1881–1882), Chester A. Arthur was president, and Republicans held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 19
- No
- 29
- Did not vote
- 35
- Date
- May 19, 1882
By party
- Democrats9 yes · 13 no · 16 didn’t vote
- Republicans9 yes · 16 no · 18 didn’t vote
- Independents1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL voted yes
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL voted yes
- James David Walker D-AR voted yes
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT voted yes
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT voted yes
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE voted yes
- Wilkinson Call D-FL voted yes
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA voted yes
- William Boyd Allison R-IA voted yes
- William Pierce Frye R-ME voted yes
- Alvin Saunders R-NE voted yes
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ voted yes
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ voted yes
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY voted yes
- La Fayette Grover D-OR voted yes
- James Donald Cameron R-PA voted yes
- Angus Cameron R-WI voted yes
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV voted yes
How each senator voted: Yes
- James Lawrence Pugh D-AL
- John Tyler Morgan D-AL
- James David Walker D-AR
- Joseph Roswell Hawley R-CT
- Orville Hitchcock Platt R-CT
- Eli Saulsbury D-DE
- Wilkinson Call D-FL
- Joseph Emerson Brown D-GA
- William Boyd Allison R-IA
- David Davis I-IL
- William Pierce Frye R-ME
- Alvin Saunders R-NE
- John Rhoderic Mcpherson D-NJ
- William Joyce Sewell R-NJ
- Elbridge Gerry Lapham R-NY
- La Fayette Grover D-OR
- James Donald Cameron R-PA
- Angus Cameron R-WI
- Johnson Newlon Camden D-WV
How each senator voted: No
- Augustus Hill Garland D-AR
- John Franklin Miller R-CA
- George Miles Chilcott R-CO
- Nathaniel Peter Hill R-CO
- James Wilson Mcdill R-IA
- Benjamin Harrison R-IN
- John James Ingalls R-KS
- Preston B. Plumb R-KS
- James Burnie Beck D-KY
- Benjamin Franklin Jonas D-LA
- William Pitt Kellogg R-LA
- George Frisbie Hoar R-MA
- Arthur Pue Gorman D-MD
- James Black Groome D-MD
- Omar Dwight Conger R-MI
- Thomas White Ferry R-MI
- George Graham Vest D-MO
- Edward Henry Rollins R-NH
- George Hunt Pendleton D-OH
- John Sherman R-OH
- James Harvey Slater D-OR
- Nelson Wilmarth Aldrich R-RI
- Howell Edmunds Jackson D-TN
- Isham Green Harris D-TN
- Richard Coke D-TX
- Samuel Bell Maxey D-TX
- John Warfield Johnston D-VA
- Justin Smith Morrill R-VT
- Philetus Sawyer R-WI
Did not vote
- James Thompson Farley D-CA
- Henry Moore Teller R-CO
- Horace Austin Warner Tabor R-CO
- Thomas Francis Bayard Sr. D-DE
- Charles William Jones D-FL
- Benjamin Harvey Hill D-GA
- Middleton Pope Barrow D-GA
- John Alexander Logan R-IL
- Daniel Wolsey Voorhees D-IN
- John Stuart Williams D-KY
- Henry Laurens Dawes R-MA
- Eugene Hale R-ME
- Alonzo Jay Edgerton R-MN
- Samuel James Renwick Mcmillan R-MN
- William Windom R-MN
- Francis Marion Cockrell D-MO
- James Zachariah George D-MS
- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar D-MS
- Matt Whitaker Ransom D-NC
- Zebulon Baird Vance D-NC
- Charles Henry Van Wyck R-NE
- Henry William Blair R-NH
- James Graham Fair D-NV
- John Percival Jones R-NV
- Roscoe Conkling R-NY
- Thomas Collier Platt R-NY
- Warner Miller R-NY
- John Inscho Mitchell R-PA
- Ambrose Everett Burnside R-RI
- Henry Bowen Anthony R-RI
- Matthew Calbraith Butler D-SC
- Wade Hampton D-SC
- William Mahone O-VA
- George Franklin Edmunds R-VT
- Henry Gassaway Davis D-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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